Re: Launching the Internet
Re: Launching the Internet
James, On 16/09/2006, at 8:32 AM, dilbert wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! It appears from my end that you are trying to use the internets in big truck mode. Please remember, the internets big truck mode has been deprecated. You should now be using the internets in series of tubes mode. Your leaf node is currently blocking the internets. As a result, my internets are currently blocked also. Did you remember to prime the percent commands with the appropriate tilde-hash-bang flush commands first? To force the blockage out? /usr/bin/plunger and /dev/caustic- soda might be able to help you also. Please %man afterboot before doing anything else. You are probably also blocking the OpenBSD developers internets, in which case they will not be able to perform CVS commits. Please hurry, as this may push back the release date of OpenBSD 4.0! I hope this DoS vulnerability will be addressed in OpenBSD 4.0. We users are counting on you James. You are our only hope. Shane J Pearson
Re: Launching the Internet
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:32:58 -0700 (PDT) dilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Also percent sign 'Print' doesn't work and neither does percent sign 'word processor' How would I launch the internet, the word processor and print a document? any help would be appreciated -James Due to misuse of it by a few bad employees, we have had to temporarily take the internet away. Its sad that the internet is ruined for everyone by a few bad apples but until they learn their lesson, the internet will stay locked in my desk drawer. I hope everyone will learn a valuable lesson by this...
Re: Launching the Internet
On 9/15/06, dilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Dilhole, Thanks for teh question. Hmmm, I think the proper command to launch the internet is: rm -r \*
Re: Launching the Internet
looks like [EMAIL PROTECTED] are only for gurus who born knowing everything... giving the new users the pointers where to start (as shane message) is enough... or just ignore the message...
Re: Launching the Internet
I read [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s email and felt really bad about taking this so lightly, and not offering real help. So, I have decided to change my ways, and offer you real help. On 9/15/06, dilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet Well, see, the internet is actually an internetwork of networks. What this means is that the Internet is really a bunch of networks, all connected with the tubes that another fella mentioned. But that's besides the point, what's important is that there's a whole bunch of networks out there, and finding out what are the networks out there is a pain in the rear, so what you really want, is something like a list of things, almost a directory of sorts, you know, something like yellow pages. In fact, there is actually a website called yellow pages, and they must be associated with the REAL yellow pages, so, if you need help getting on the Internet, call your local phone company and ask for the REAL yellow pages, and there you go! and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Also percent sign 'Print' doesn't work and neither does percent sign 'word processor' Ah. You have made the basic mistake of thinking there are separate applications for different things. Things are modern now. We don't use thousands of tiny utilties to do everything. Microsoft has shown us that all you need is just one application that will handle everything for you. In the unix world, we have learnt this lesson well, and so, let me introduce you to a new way to read email. % emacs If you use emacs, you can not only read your mail, print your documents and do word processing, but you can also make coffee, launch ICBMs, and if you have the correct modules installed, even take over the world! You just need to find out how to enable the secret wizard mode. How would I launch the internet, the word processor and print a document? any help would be appreciated Hope I was of some help. Feel free to ask if you need any more help. Remember, everything can be done from emacs!
Re: Launching the Internet
On Saturday 16 September 2006 19:56, Juan Pablo Feria Gomez wrote: looks like [EMAIL PROTECTED] are only for gurus who born knowing everything... giving the new users the pointers where to start (as shane message) is enough... or just ignore the message... Well in this case it's pretty clear it's not a real call for help, otherwise you are of course right. (I did reply to it off line). -- Steve Szmidt To enjoy the right of political self-government, men must be capable of personal self-government - the virtue of self-control. A people without decency cannot be secure in its liberty. From the Declaration Principles
Re: Launching the Internet
On 9/15/06, dilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! if you are at a terminal try this: lynx google.com Also percent sign 'Print' doesn't work and neither does percent sign 'word processor' You might want to install abiword for a word processor. Not sure on printing since I have never printed anything from a OpenBSD machine.
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Launching the Internet rolf! omg! lmao! Oh man, thanks.. I haven't laughed so hard for weeks now... ahahahahahha thank you!
Re: Launching the Internet
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 03:32:58PM -0700, dilbert wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Also percent sign 'Print' doesn't work and neither does percent sign 'word processor' How would I launch the internet, the word processor and print a document? any help would be appreciated Is this supposed to be a yoke? Or are you trying to troll? I don't believe someone could know what a terminal is, much less open one, and still talk about 'launching the internet' (and fail to do so, too!). Better luck next time... Joachim
Re: Launching the Internet
dilbert wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Man this is the best message ever!!! Thank you for the good laugh! -- Antoine
Re: Launching the Internet
dilbert wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Also percent sign 'Print' doesn't work and neither does percent sign 'word processor' How would I launch the internet, the word processor and print a document? any help would be appreciated Heh! This has *got* to be a troll.g Not biting. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/
Re: Launching the Internet
Are you trying from a console or you got a graphical interface? On 9/15/06, Joachim Schipper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 03:32:58PM -0700, dilbert wrote: My question is simple- I'm a relative newbie at BSD so please bear with me. I'm trying to launch the internet; so I open a terminal and go percent sign 'Internet' at the prompt ie: %internet and it doesn't work. What gives??!! Also percent sign 'Print' doesn't work and neither does percent sign 'word processor' How would I launch the internet, the word processor and print a document? any help would be appreciated Is this supposed to be a yoke? Or are you trying to troll? I don't believe someone could know what a terminal is, much less open one, and still talk about 'launching the internet' (and fail to do so, too!). Better luck next time... Joachim
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Paul Irofti wrote: Launching the Internet rolf! omg! lmao! Oh man, thanks.. I haven't laughed so hard for weeks now... ahahahahahha thank you! It MIGHT be Al Gore... you know, the guy that invented the internet.
Re: Launching the Internet
On 9/15/06, Ralph Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Irofti wrote: Launching the Internet rolf! omg! lmao! Oh man, thanks.. I haven't laughed so hard for weeks now... ahahahahahha thank you! It MIGHT be Al Gore... you know, the guy that invented the internet. People should at least try to get the story straight instead of taking lines from spin people.
